.... Compliant mechanisms Dynamics Wearable robots Multi-body dynamics Exoskelotons The use of wearable mechanical devices for assisting human walking and load carrying has become an attractive challenge of engineering research and development over the last decade [ 1 , 2 ]. Powered exoskeletons...

... 31 05 2018 Cable driven mechanisms Compliant mechanisms Dynamics Soft robots Multi-body dynamics Exoskelotons In the modern industrial robotics, collaborative robots, often called cobots , are ever more present and are transforming many processes in the industry. Unlike...

... . Manuscript received July 8, 2017; final manuscript received May 20, 2018; published online June 27, 2018. Assoc. Editor: James J. Joo. 08 07 2017 20 05 2018 Dynamics Flying robots Multi-body dynamics Exoskelotons During the development of space technology, space robots have...

..., e.g., see Refs. [ 9 ] and [ 10 ], and in hardware prototypes, e.g., see Refs. [ 11 – 15 ]. Actuators Compliant mechanisms Compliant mechanisms Control Dynamics Legged robots Mechanism design Robot design Multi-body dynamics Exoskelotons Transmissions Copyright © 2018 by ASME...

... Krovi. 21 09 2017 12 12 2017 Mechanism design Multi-body dynamics Robot design Wearable robots Over the past few decades, exoskeletons and haptic gloves have emerged in popularity within the fields of virtual reality (VR) and medical applications. In the realms of VR...

...-inspired design Compliant mechanisms Compliant mechanisms Flying robots Multi-body dynamics Exoskelotons In this paper, we present a method for validating a rigid-body mechanics model of contact-aided compliant mechanisms (CCMs) in a dynamic structure. A numerical rigid-body dynamics model...

...; final manuscript received May 7, 2017; published online August 8, 2017. Assoc. Editor: Marcia K. O'Malley. 20 12 2016 07 05 2017 Actuators Compliant mechanisms Mechanism design Robot design Wearable robots Multi-body dynamics Exoskelotons Transmissions The VariLeg...